How did people in the past prevent identity theft? I mean before the photos and new secure technology on identity documents were available?

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How did people in the past prevent identity theft? I mean before the photos and new secure technology on identity documents were available?

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For example: how to prevent someone from showing up at a bank branch and withdrawing someone else’s money? Because you needed to present a bankbook and personal documents, and the bank teller had a way to tell if the documents had been forged. Forgery was (and still is) a thing, though.